CHICAGO, IL – Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications (SRAC) recently hosted two successful events for clients CTJobs.com and Allstate Insurance Corporation.
CTJobs.com hosted their first virtual career fair, CTJobs.com LIVE!, on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The goal for this event was to host a regionally focused virtual career fair for the state of Connecticut. CTJobs.com LIVE! drew over 1,800 job seekers from across the state, with 14 local companies exhibiting and recruiting for hiring opportunities.
“Our goal was to reach 1,000 job seekers for our first CTJobs.com LIVE! event, and in partnership with our affiliate newspapers, we surpassed that mark with overwhelming positive feedback from both the exhibitors and job seekers,” says Tina Krater, Virtual Career Fair Event Director & Director of Sales for Shaker Recruitment Consultants.
The second event, held on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, was hosted by Allstate Insurance Corporation. In collaboration with Shaker, Allstate organized a nationwide virtual career fair for their Exclusive Agent and Exclusive Financial Representative opportunities. For Allstate’s event, recruiting teams staffed individual booths by geographic region so as to recruit local candidates logging in throughout the day.
“The virtual career fair allowed Allstate to make greater use of technology to find the right people for our Agent and Financial Representative opportunities. The virtual environment made it easy for candidates to submit their resumes for opportunities that matched their qualifications, have a live chat with our Allstate recruiters, or set up a phone interview,” said Laura Stojkovic, Senior HR Consultant and project lead from Allstate Insurance Corporation. “This was our first exclusive virtual fair, and we had a strong response from more than 1,700 candidates. Allstate will definitely consider leveraging virtual career fairs as part of our recruiting strategies going forward.”
In January 2009, Shaker partnered with InXpo to provide companies with a complete solutions package— from training, support and guidance to pre- and post-event marketing for audience generation— to attract talent by hosting their own virtual career fairs. The mutually beneficial relationship enables clients to capitalize on Shaker’s nearly 60 years of recruitment expertise and the advanced technology resources provided by InXpo, the leading provider of real-time virtual events.
For more information on virtual career fairs, please contact Tina Krater at 708.358.0437 or at tina.krater@shaker.com.
About SRAC
Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications helps organizations realize their business objectives by connecting them with top talent through employer branding, employee and candidate communications, interactive media, campaign development, collateral, and metrics. Shaker strategizes and manages recruitment and retention communications—from research and planning, to design and development, through placement and measurement—to foster employee engagement. Shaker is headquartered outside of Chicago. Visit shaker.com to learn more.
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